Combination harvester



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, jib/2123 Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

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- Application tlled March 2', 191:4, Serlal 1T0. 822,008. Renewed August'27., 1919. Serial No. 320,805.

bination Harvester, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention has for its object to provide a simple, compact and highlyeflicient combination harvester having various interchangeable usableattachments adapting.

the machine to do various kinds of work. For instance, by usin theharvester in its most compact form an with the binding attachmentattached, the harvester may be used as a corn binder. By replacing thebinding attachment with an ensilage cutter and elevator, the machine maybe used as an ensilage harvester, to out the stalks off the field, chopthem into suitable lengths for ensilage, and elevate said ensilage intothe box of the wagon drawn alongside of the machine. By the use ofanother attachment the corn ears may be snapped and separated from thestalks and dropped into bushel so piles in the field, while the stalksare chopped into suitable lengths for ensilage. By drawing out the outergathering frame and attached platform which is made to telescope intothe main frame, and by at- 85 taching to the first named ensilagecutter, a suitable sickle bar, sickle, and reel, the machine may be usedto cut alfalfa and like forage, chop the same into small particles andelevate the same into the box of a to wagon which is drawn alongside ofthe machine. By removingthe' ensilage cutter, the .machine may be usedas aheader. By removing the elevator as well as the ensilage cutter andapplying again the above named binding attachment, and a butter apron,and by having the platform reel, and sickle bar applied in the mannerjust noted, the machine may be used as a binder which is especiallyadapted to the harvesting of wheat, oats, and the like. Bythe additionof a second binding attachment which is designed to operateindependently of or in conjunction with the said first named bindinghead attachment and by the addition of a shocker attachment the machinemay be used as a combination harvester and shocker, which will tie thereceived stalks or grain, either in loose form or in bundle form, into alarger bundle or shock, and discharge the same on the ground in suchaway as to employ the weight of the shock itself to do the discharging.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several vlews.

Referring to the drawings:

machine, with the binder attachments and shocker attachment appliedthereto;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the machine, with the platform drawn out, andwith the reel, sickle, sickle-bar, butter-apron, binder attachments andshocker attachment applied thereto, with some parts broken away; Fig. 3is a plan view of the machine, with the outer gathering frame andattached platform drawn out as shown in heavy lines, and with saidouter. gathering frame shown in dotted lines when drawn together ortelescoped with the main frame, as adapted to the harvesting of corn,with an ensilage cutter applied thereto, with some parts broken away;

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the machine, with .ensilage cutter and elevatorapplied thereto with some parts broken away;

Fig. 5 is a detail showing especially the gearing mechanism by which theplatform is telescoped' with the main frame;

Fig. 6 is a detail in vertical section of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary plan view of the machine, exhibiting'the socalled combined ensilage cutter and snapper attachment a applied to themachine;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary front view showing how said combined ensilagecutter and snapper is applied to the machine and of how the so calledautomatic b uncher is applied to the machine, some parts broken away;

Fig. 9 1s a sectional side elevation view.

taken approximately on line "a w in Fig. 7 and w m in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary detail sectional Fig. 1 is a side elevation ofthe improved J View of the ensilage cutter head as exhibited in Fig. 8;

Fig. 11 is a detail in vertical sectlon taken approximately on line :12in in Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a detail in vertical section or front view of the so calledautomatic buncher, as shown in Fig. 8, some parts broken away.

The general construction of the machine, and of its various attachmentswill now be described.

The main f1 .une 1 of the machine, is carried by, and nearly balanced onthe bull-' wheels 2 and 3, and is connected to the said wheels by meanswhich provide for the vertical adjustment of said main frame. Bullwheel2, is journaled on a short axle 4, which, at its ends, has small spurgears 5, that work vertically in guide brackets 6, which are secured tothe main frame 1, and which are provided with rack teeth 7 with whichthe said gears are engaged. Near one of said spur gears, axle 4 isprovided with a worm gear 8 that is engaged by a worm 9 carried by theinner end of a crank shaft 10. This crank shaft 10, at its outer end, isjournaled in a suitable bearing 11 which is secured to frame 1, and atits front end said crankshaft is journaled in suitable bearings that arehung on axle 4 embracing gear 8 in such a way as to secure the properrelation between said gear 8 and said gear 9. Bullwheel 3 is journaledand secured to main frame 1 in approximately the same manner as bullwheel 2 as already described, and reference numerals prime from.

4 to 11 indicate similar and'corresponding parts.

Reference numerals 2", 4", 6 and 8 indicate the different parts and therelative position of the different parts of the outer gathering framewhen it is drawn together in position to cut corn.

Means have now been described, whereby the main frame 1 may be bodilyadjusted vertically.

The machine is provided with a front truck, which, as shown, is made upof a front axle 12, front wheels 13 and 14, a pole 15, and brace rods16, as indicated best in Fig. 3. Truck wheels 13 and 14 travel betweenthe rear wheels 2 and 3, in such a way that front wheel 14 is almostaligned with bull wheel 3, and front wheel 13 is aligned almost with thecentral portion of the main frame, or in other words, travels almostmidway between the rear wheels. The axle 12 and the front truck arepivotally attached at 17 to a bearing support 18 which is attached tothe front end of the reach beam 20. This reach beam 20 is connected, atits rear end, to the front of the main frame with freedom for verticalpivotal adjustments, and, as shown, this isaccomplished by providing.the said. reach beam with rearwardly projecting metallicstraps 21, andbrace rods 22, the rear ends of which are pivotally connected to thesaid main frame, respectively at 23,24, 25 and 26. Link 27 connects theintermediate portion of the so called reach beam 20, to the forwardlyprojecting arm 28, of a shaft 29, which is journaled at each end insuitable bearings secured to main frame and carries at one end theforwardly projecting arm 28, as already described, and which carries atits other end an upwardly projecting arm 30, which is pivotally attachedto the front end of a guide rod 31. Guide rod 31 is pivotally connectedat its rear end to a lever 32. Lever 32 is provided with the usual latchpiece 33, that is engageable with the notches of the latch segment orquadrant 34, to secure the lever in any set adjustment. Lever quadrant34 is secured to a seat support 165 which will be described later. Byoscillatory movements of the lever 28, the front portion of the mainframe, and the rear portion of the reach beam 21 may be raised andlowered with a sort of toggle action, thus affording a means by which totilt the machine.

Bull wheel 2 carries a large sprocket 35, and bull wheel 3 carries alarge sprocket 36. Splrocket 36 carries an endless chain 37 w ich runs,in its rearward 'loop, over sprocket 38 which is loosely journaled onshaft 39. Shaft 39 is journaled in suitable bearings 40, which aresecured to main frame 1, and carries at one end a rigidly secured hub41, as well as said sprocket 38, and at its other end, said shaftcarries a rigidly secured hub 42 and a loosely journaled sprocket 43,which is best illustrated in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4. Sprocket 38 and hub 41have projecting slide catches on their inner sides that mesh with eachother in such a way as to form what is known as a jump and catch clutch.Sprocket 43 and hub 42 are constructed in similar manner. When the outergathering frame is drawn together in position to harvest corn, themachine is so constructed that sprocket 35 will be aligned with sprocket43, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, where the numeral 35"indicates the position of sprocket 35, and where numeral 44" indicatesan endless drive chain which runs over said. sprocket 35", in itsforward loop, and over sprocket 43 in its rearward loop. Thus when theplatform is telescoped with the main frame we have a machine with twodrive wheels which are able to transmit power to a common shaft.

Shaft 45 is journaled. near its ends and near its center, in suitablebearings 46 and 46', which are secured to main frame 1. At one end saidshaft 45 carries a rearwardly projecting strap of spring steel 47, whichis loosely journaled in a groove that is cut around the hub of sprocket38; at its other end shaft carries a strap of spring steel 48, which isloosely journaled, with its rear end, in a groove that is cut around thehub of sprocket 43. Shaft 45 near its center carries a coil sprin 49,and a rigidl secured hub 50, in sue a way that 0011 spring 49 resseswith one end against hub 50 and at its other end against bearing support46', thus holding sprockets 38 and 43 with a spring tension a ainsttheir res tive hubs 41 and 42. Ro 53 is journale at its ends in suitablebearings which are secured to the main frame at its lower end and toelevator sideboard 54 at its upper end. The to end of rod 53 is bent toform a lever liandle 55, and the lower end is bent to form a leverspring 56, which projects rearwardly and nearly aligned with hub 50.Thus by turning lever 55 back and forth, lever 56 will press againstcoil spring 49 and hub 50 in such a way as to slide shaft 45, with itsattached springs 47 and 48 and sprockets 38 and 43, back and forth. Inthis way the machine is put in and out of gear. Furthermore, such amechanism as already described. will allow one of said sprockets tostand still while the other is turning, thus permitting the machine toturn easily while it is in gear.

Shaft 39 carries, near its center, a beveled gear 57, which meshes withbeveled gear 58, which is secured to the rear end of a transversecounter shaft 59, which is journaled in suitable bearings, near itsends, to the front and rear portion of main frame 1. See Fig. 3, andFig. 5. Shaft 59 carries at its rear end, spur gear 60, which is securedto sprocket 61, which in turn is secured to the said bevel gear 58. Spurgear. 62 is also secured to shaft 59 but is smaller than spur gear 60and is spaced apart from said gear 60 sufliciently to allow a spur gearwhich is equal to the thickness of gear 60 to easily clear between saidspur gear 60 and said spur gear 62. Spur gear 62 meshes with spur gear63, which is loosely journaled on suitable bearings which are secured tomain frame 1, a little under shaft 39, and a little to the right ofshaft 59, as illustrated only in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6.

Shaft 64 runs parallel to shaft 59, and a little to the left of saidshaft 59 as illustrated in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, and is journaled, near itsends, in suitable bearings which are secured to main frame 1 in such amanner as to run underneath said main frame. Spur gear is looselyjournaled on a square portion of the rear end of shaft 64, and isdesigned to mesh with spur gear 60 when at the rear end of shaft 64, andto mesh with spur gear 63 when brought forward on its bearing shaft 64close to main frame 1. But as gear is aligned with gear 62 and as gear62 and gear 60 are spaced apart, gear 65 may be brought midwa betweenabove named positions, thus brea ing connections with both gear 60, andgear 63.

Lever 66 is segment 67 whlch is rigidl secured on the y bearing support40. As i1 ustrated in Fig.

5, the right end of lever 66 is loosely ournaled in agroove which iscutaroun the hub of spur gear 65, the other end of said lever 66 1sprovided with a tooth or'peg' 68,.

that is engageable with the notches or cutouts 68, 68" and 68, of thelatch segment 67, to secure the lever in any, of the above named setadjustments. Thus by raising the left end of lever 66 and pulling itback into notch 68", gear 65 will be thrown out of gear with gear wheel60, and by raising the said end of lever 66 again and pulling it backinto notch 68, gear 65 will be thrown in gear with gear 63, causingshaft 64 to rotate in the same direction as shaft 59. Spur gears 69 and70, as shown in Fig. 2,

Fig. 4, and Fig. 6, are secured to shaft 64 on the inner side of saidshafts bearing supports. Spur gear 69 meshes with the pivoted at thecenter of the.

rack teeth 71 of angle iron 1", as shown in Fig. 6, and Fig. 4, and spurgear 70 meshes with rack teeth 72 of a square tube 1", as shown only inFig. 2. Angle iron 1 and square tube 1" form part of main frame 1, butmore especially the slidable part of main frame 1 which carries thealready named platform and outer gathering frame, said platformconsisting preferably of a piece of sheet metal of suitable length whichis secured to the under side of said angle iron 1 with its rear side,and to the under side of said square tube 1", with its front side. Saidangle iron 1 and square tube 1" ride with their inner ends on spur gears69 and 70 as already described. Near the inner edge of said platform aretwo short rollers 73 and 74. Roller 73 is journaled in suitable bearingswhich are secured to the inner side of the inner end of angle iron 1, insuch a manner as to ride on the top side of square tube 1", and roller74 is journaled in suitable bearings which are secured to the inner sideof the inner end on angle iron 1", in such a manner as to ride on top ofthe outer and upwardly extending flange of angle iron 1. Thus byrotating shaft 64 back and forth, angle iron 1 and square tube 1" willride back and forth on spur gears 69 and 70 in such a manner as totelescope the platform with the rest of the main frame and bring theouter gathering frame close to the inner gathering frame or vice versa.Now the turning of said shaft 64 may be done by hand, by turning crank76 which is secured to said shaft 64, as in sired purpose may beaccomplished by trac-,

tion power. Thus, when lever 68 is in a position as illustrated in Fig.5, and the machine is in gear, the outer gathermg frame will be drawnout as the machine is pulled forward; or if the left hand end of saidlever 66 is placed in notch 68, said shaft 64 will turn in an op ositedirection, as the machine is pulled orward, conseuently it willtelescope the platform with t e rest of the main frame and slowly drawthe cuter gathering frame close to the inner gathering frame in positionto harvest corn and the like. And as there are only a suificient numberof said rack teeth to enable the said platform and outer gathering frameto partake of the said desired movements there will be no danger ofbreaking the machine by pulling said platform too far. Means have nowbeen described by which the machine may be drawn out into a form andposition to out small grain, and by which its gathering frames may bedrawn together into pro er place when used to harvest corn and the ike.

S rocket 61 carries an endless sprocket cham 77, which runs in itsupward loop over sprocket 78, which is secure to the rear end of a shaft79. Shaft 79 is journaled, near its ends, in suitable bearings which aresecured to the upper ends of elevator sideboards 54 and 80. Elevatorsideboard 54 is secured to angle iron 1 of main frame 1, near the inneredge of said platform. Similarly elevator board 80 is secured, with itslower end, to angle iron 1 of the main frame 1. The other ends of saidelevator boards 54 and 80 incline upwardly and inwardly, with theirinner ends secured to a frame support 81, which is secured to angleirons 1 and 14 of main frame 1, in any well known and convenient manner.Frame support 81 may be of any convenient height and be braced andsecured in any well known manner. At its top, said frame 81 carries anangle iron 82, W. ich runs parallel to shafts 59, 64 and 79, and issecured to said frame 81, by bolts or otherwise, as best illustrated inFi 2 and Fig. 4. Support 83 is secured to mam frame 1 in approximatelythe same manner as support 81, but the top flange of its correspondingangle iron 84 turns in opposite direction to the similar portion ofangle iron 82 consequently the top flanges of said angle irons 82 and 84turn towards each other, as illustrated in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, thusforming a convenient sliding space and sulpport for the various binderhead and ensi age cutter attachments, which will be described later.

Shaft 79 besides carrying sprocket 78, as already described, carriesalso a beve gear 85 which meshes with beveled gear 86, which is securedto the inner end of a transverse counter shaft 87, which is shown onlyin Fig.2, Fi 7 and 8. The right end of shaft 8 is journaled in suitablebearings which are secured to elevator board 80 and I frame su port 81,and the left hand end of said sha ings which are secured to a framesupport 88, which in turn is secured to board 80, frame support 81 andto angle iron 1 of the main frame 1 as illustrated in Fig. 2. At itsleft and shaft 87 carries a bevel gear 89 which meshes with a bevel gear90, which is secured to the lower end of shaft 91. The lower end ofshaft 91 is journaled in suitable bearings which are secured to su port88, and the up er end of shaft 91 is ournaled in suitable arings whichare secured to the upper end of a forwardly inclined, and outwardly anddownwardly tilted gathering board 92. Said gathering board 92 is securedat its upper and rear end, to frame support 88, and its front and lowerend to the front end of the said inner gathering frame angle irons 1,which are secured to angle irons 1 and 1 of the main frame 1. Shaft 91carries a sprocket 93 over which runs an endless gathering chain 94,which carries fingers of well known construction and which runs in itsforward and downward loop over idlers 95 and 96. Said idlers 95- and 96are journaled in suitable bearings which are secured, b well known meansto the lower end of sai gathering board 92.

Shaft 87 carries a sprocket 97 over which runs a sprocket chain 98,which runs in its upward loop over a sprocket 99, which is secured to ashaft 100, which is journaled in suitable bearings in the supports 101and 102 and which carries on its right end, a sprocket 103, over whichruns a sprocket chain 104, which runs in its forward loop over sprocket105, which is secured to the shaft 106, which runs through a laterallyprojecting sleeve support 107, which is secured to the forwardlyprojecting arm support 101 as illustrated only in Fig. 2. The lower endof arm support 102 is loosely journaled in suitable bearings 108 whichare secured to frame support 88, by bolts or otherwise. Shaft 106carries the reel 109. Means for adjusting said reel are of well knownconstruction, and need not here be'described as we do not ask LettersPatent covering any peculiar kind of reel mechanism, as most any reel ofwell known design may be applied. All we desire to do is to show a wayof applying power to the reel shaft of one possible design, its mannerof mounting and how said reel mechanism may be detached.

Bevel gear 85 also meshes with bevel gear 110 which is carried on thelower end of shaft 111, which runs at right angles to shaft 79,

and shaft 87, and is journaled at its ends, in

suitable bearings which are secured to frame support 81. Butter boards112 and 113 run parallel with themain frame and are pivotally journalednear the said ends of shaft 111, with freedom for pivotal adjustments,to

87 is journaled in suitable bear- Y and said other ends secure thebearings wherein are journaled the shaft ends of an idler roller 114.Shaft 111, between the bearin of said butter boards, carries .a rollerover w ich-runs an endless apron or belt 115,

which runs in its right loop as indicated by arrow in Fig. 2, over idlerroller 114. Other fixtures of said butter mechanism are of well knownconstruction.

Shaft 79 carries a number of sprockets 116, over which run a number ofendless packer sprocket chains 117,'which carry a number of pivoted orhinged packer fingers 118, which are of well known construction, and areillustrated in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4. Elevator packer'chains 117, run intheir lower loops over sprockets 119, which are secured to a shaft 120,which is journaled, at its ends, in suitable bearings which are secured,by bolts or otherwise, to angle irons 1 and 1 of the main frame. Shaft120 also carries a num: ber of sprockets 121, over which run theplatform finger feed chains 122, which run in their outer loops oversprockets 123, which are secured to shaft 124, which is journaled, asits ends, in suitable bearings that are secured, by bolts or otherwise,to angle iron 1 and square tube 1 of the main frame 1. Sprocket chains122 carry a number of links that have fingers 122" secured to them.Numbers prime from 122 to 124 indicate the 'relative length of sprocketchains 122 and the'position of sprockets 123 and shaft 124 whemthe outergathering frame is drawn into position to cut corn, as illustrated inFig. 3,

haft 124 carries at its rear end, miter gear 125, which meshes withmiter gear 126, which is carried 'by the lower end of an upwardly andforwardl inclined shaft 127. Shaft 127 is journaled: at its lower end,in suitable bearings, which are secured, by bolts or otherwise, to angleiron 1 of main frame 1, At its upper end shaft 127 is journaled insuitable bearings which are secured to the rear end of gathering board128, and to the brace support 129, which is secured, at its lower end,to angle iron 1 of the mainframe. 1. Gathering board 128 bevels orslants inwardly and inclines forwardly with its front end in such amanner as to form an acute angle with the forwardly projecting part ofgathering frame angle irons 1 to which it is secured. A shoe cap 129' issecured to angle irons 1 and to the lower part of the said gatheringboard 128. Shaft 127 carries a sprocket 130, near its top end, overwhich runs the endless gathering chain 131, which runs in its lower andforwardly inclined loop over idlers 132 and 133, which are journaled insuitable bearings 134 and 135, which are secured to the under side ofsaid gathering board 128. Gathering chain 131 carries gathering fingers,a well known construction.

' may be pivota Said chain 131 and the gathering chain 94 which run oversprocket 93 and idlers 95 and 96, are used only for cutting corn and thelike, when the said gathering frames are drawn together.

The front inner edges of the said gathering boards or plates 92 and 128,diver e so as to guide the standing stalks into tfie channel leftbetween them.

. Shaft 59 carries at its front end a pitman wheel 136, which is of wellknown construction, ,with a crank pin 137 which is secured, between thecenter and circumference, to the front side of the said wheel 136.Pitman rod 138 is, at one end, suitably journaled to said crank pin 137,at the other end it is suitably connected to a sickle 139, which runsback and forth through the sickle bar 141 and guards 140 and under guidebrackets 140, 142 and 145 which are secured by bolts or otherwise to asickle bar, which, in turn, is secured, b bolts or otherwise, to thesquare tube 1 0 the main frame 1. Said sickle bar, with attached sickleguards and detachable sickle, etc., are of well known construction, butare used in our machineonly when the outer gathering frame is drawn outin position to harvest wheat, oats, and the like. When it is desired toadapt the machine to harvest corn and the like, said sickle bar ispreferably removed entirely, as it forms no part of frames are drawntogether in position to harvest corn, except guide brackets 142 and 145,which remain permanently secured to the machine. Thus when the saidsickle 139 and sickle bar 141 are detached and the gathering frames aredrawn together in position to harvest corn, a short sickle issubstituted for the relatively lon sickle 139. No extra sickle bar isneeded w en the said gathering frames are drawn together, as the thininwardly inclined cutting. blades 143, whichare secured to the innerside'of the inwardly inclined parts of angle irons 1 and 1, form theguard plates against which the said short sickle shears. Thus sicklehead bracket 142 and sickle guide bracket 145 remain stationary with teir respective gathering frames and are used as the guide brackets forthe respective ends of both the said short and lon 5y connected toeither of the said sickles.

Elevator bottom 146 is preferably a thin piece of sheet metal, which issecured to the top sides of elevator boards 54 and 80, and with its topedge to the top of elevator frame 81, and has slots 147 out in it toallow,

sickles. Pitman rod 138 ports at the same time. In other words, whenpacker chains 117 carry their packer fingers 118 over their sprockets116, the'slide supports of the said hinged packer fingers, being soconstructed as to slide on the outside of their respective sprocketchains, are carried .on said platform sheet 146 until the outwardly andupwardly projecting fingers of said finger packers 118 are carried farenough over their respective sprockets to be parallel with the framesupports 81, when suddenly the said brace slides of said packer fingers118 drop through the openings 147 which are cut in the said sheet 146,thus allowin the upwardly projecting fingers of sai packer fingers 118to drop back and slide out of the stalks or grain which they carry andproceed with their respective sprocket chains through the comparativelysmall openings 147. This sort of packer chain and packer fingers are nowused in corn harvesters and need no further description. We intend toshow how this principle of the combined ele- 'vator and conveyor packermechanism may be applied in harvestin small grain, and how it may beemployed in a combination harvester that will serve equally well as awheat and oats harvester, or as a corn harvester.

A binder head 148, of well known and approved construction is secured bybolts or otherwise, to a supplemental frame 149,

which is preferably made of angle irons in a rectangular form, with a'piece of sheetmetal, with the proper cut outs for the binder needle 148and tripper, etc., secured to the top of said angle iron frame. Saidbinder frame 149 is mounted on the top of frame supports 81 and 83 insuch a manner as to be conveniently drawn back and forth on the top ofangle irons 82 and 84, by means of a lever orvother'wise. Sprocket 150,shown in Fig. 1, is secured to the rear end of said shaft 79, over whichruns a sprocket chain 151, which runs in its outer loop over sprocket152, which is secured to the rear end of an ordinary binder head driveshaft,

, bullwheel 3 and are secured to the to with well known means providedfor the mounting and adjusting thereof.

A piece of sheet metal or rods 153 as shown in Fig. 3 are secured to thetop of frame support 83, extend over the top 0? 0 frame support 219,curve downward an are secured at the lower ends to the mainframe 1 Saidbinder head and butter mechanism as already described, may be removedand an ensilage cutter attachment substituted therefor, when it isdesired to chop the received stalks or grass, etc., into smal particlesfor ensilage purposes, instead of binding it into bundles. Said ensilagecutter receives from the same gathering and feedin mechanism as theabove named binder hea mechanism assesses does, and is mounted on asupplemental frame 155, and is secured by bolts or otherwise to saidsupplemental frame 155 as shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 4. Said ensilagecutter frame 155 is preferably made of angle irons in the same maner asthe frame of the said binder head attachment already described and ismounted on the angle irons 82 and 84 and frame supports 81 and 83 and issecured to said angle irons 82 and 84 by hooks 156 or otherwise.

Shaft157 runs parallel to shaft 79 and is journaled at its ends, ;insuitable bearings which are secured to the ensilage cutter frame 155.Shaft 157 cerries a sprocket 158, which carries a sprocket chain 159,which runs on its inward loop over sprocket 150. Said shaft 157,'betweenits said bearings, is preferably square and carries a number of cut outdisk cutters 160 which fit closel shaft 157 and are spaced apart by shthimbles or sleeves 157 or otherwise. Shaft 161 is immediately above andparallel to shaft 157, and is journaled in suitable bearings which aresecured to the ends of an ensilage cutter cover 162, which covers thetop and outer side of the ensilage cutter and is secured to the saidensilage cutter frame 155. Shaft 161 carries a number of disk cutters163, which are constructed and spaced apart in the same manner as thesaid disk cutters 160. Both of the said series of disk cutters 160 and163 may be smooth at their circumferences or they may have cut outs attheir circumferences. Both are sharpened and have their respectiveshafts 157 and 161 properly spaced apart, and the upper disk cuttersshear a ainst the lower disk cutters. See'Fig. 3 an Fig. 4. The frontends of shafts 157 and 161 carry spur gears 176, thatmesh with eachother causing the said disk cutters to rotate in opposite directions.Spring fingers 164 are, secured to a seat support 165, by bolts orotherwise, at their lower ends and to the top of the said ensilagecutter cover 162 with their upper ends, and serve to guide and directthe stalks into said ensilage cutter.

Shaft 59 carries roller 167, over which runs an endless belt 166, whichruns on its upwardly andoutwardly inclined 100 over an idler roller 167,whlch is journal led at its ends, in bearings 168, which are yieldinglypressed upwardly and outwardly by coil springs 169, which are adjustedat their inner and lower ends, by means of set screw devices 170, whichare secured to the yoke bearings 171, which are secured to the top andouter ends of elevator boards 172 whic I are secured, near their centersto an le iron to ort 84 and to the main frame with their inner securedat its front end, to frame support 88 and to the main frame 1. .Therear, underslung, forwardly projecting part of seat support 165, issecured to angle iron 1 of the main frame, near the rear end of shaft120 as illustrated in Fig. 1', Fig. 3 and Fig. 4. r

Feet supports 174 and seat 175 are secured, by bolts or otherwise, tothe top rear portion of said seat support 165.

Spring fingers 164 are secured, at their lower ends, to seat support165, and run" parallel, between and above sprocket chains 117, gentlycurve as'theyrise until their top portions are parallel to supplementalframe 149, and may be secured at their outer ends, to crane shockersupport 230.

A new condition arises however, when the ears are to be snapped from thestalks and separated from the ensilage, namely, that the snappingrollers employed for such a purpose, work best when they receive thestalks butt ends first. Consequently an ensilage cutter that will cutthe stalks butt ends first as they are received from the said snappingrollers will best serve our purpose in this connection.

A detachable frame 180 is suitably mounted on the frame supports 81 and83 of the machine. A shaft 181 is journaled, at its ends, in suitablebearings, which are secured to the sides of an ensilage cutter platform182, which carries on its front end, an ensilage cutter-head frame 183,and which is secured to said supplemental frame 180. Shaft 184 isjournaled, at its ends, in suitable bearings, which are secured to therear end of said platform 182. Shaft 184 carries sprockets 185 over'which run the endless sprocket feed chains 186,, which carry suitablefeed fingers 187, and which ride in grooves 188, which are made in thebottom of the platform 182. SeeFig.7,Fig.8and Fig.9. Said feed chainsrun in their forward loops, over sprockets 109, which are secured toshaft 181. Shaft 181 carries, on its outer end, a sprocket 190, overwhich runs a sprocket chain 191, which'runs in its forward loop oversprocket 192, which is secured to the outerend of shaft 193, which isjournaled at its ends in suitable bearings which are secured to the endsof cutterhead frame 183. At its other end, shaft 193 carries ajump-and-catch clutch hub 193', which is of well known and approvedconstruction and whose clutch-teeth mesh with the clutch-teeth of asimilar jump-and-catch clutch hub 87 which is secured to the end ofshaft 87. Shaft 193 is aligned with shaft 87, and is rotated by shaft 87by means of the alread anism. Sliaft 193 carries, at its inner end, nearsaid clutch hub 193', a sprocket 201. At its other end, close tosprocket 192, said shaft 193 carries a spur gear 194 that meshesdescribed jump-and-catch mech-' with spur gear 195, which is secured tothe outer end of shaft 196, which is mounted immediately above andparallel to shaft 193, and. is journaled, at its ends, in suitablebearings which are secured to the ends of said cutter head frame 183.

Betweensaid bearings, said shafts 193 .ing edges of their respectivecutter knives are nearly equal, so that when the two cutting cylindersrotate the cutter blades of the one shear against the cutter blades ofthe other, as illustrated in Fig. 11, and Fig. 9. Said cutter blades 199do not reach the sides of the cutter-head frame 183, but leave an openspace at each end for the cut particles of stalk to drop out of the saidcutter cylinders as illustrated in Fig. 8, and Fig. 10. Such anarrangement is deemed necessary because most of'the cut stalks will passbetween said finger cuttin -blades' into the centers of the said cuttercy inders, eonsequently clogging would result unless the cut particlescould freely escape at the ends. But as it is now arranged, the cutparticles drop from the ends of said cutting cylinders, and are directedby chute board 200 onto the endless elevator belt 166, which is alreadydescribed.

Shafts 193 and 196 carry on their inner ends sprockets 201 over whichrun sprocket chains 202, which run in their rearward loops oversprockets 203, which are secured to the inner ends of snapping rollers204, which are of well known and approved construction, which arejournalled, at their ends, in suitable bearings, which are secured tothe saidensilage'cutter head 183. Said suitable bearings for the saidupper snapping rollers 204, consist, preferably, of bearing blocks 205,which slide up and down in yoke sockets 206. Said bearing blocks 205 areyieldingly pressed downwardly by coil springs, which in turn are presseddownwardly by set screws 207 which are secured to the upper ends of saidyokes 206.

208 indicates a chute board which directs the snapped ears as they dropfrom said snapping roller mechanism, into a hopper 209, which is securedby means of bolts or otherwise onto the main frame 1 between shafts 59and 120; Shafts 210 are journaled in suitable bearings which are securedto the ends of said hopper. Between said bearings,

means of a set screw device 215 which is of any well known and approvedconstruction.

We have now described our preferred form of ensilage cutter in a machineof this character. It is evident however, that any well known make'ofensilage cutter head may be mounted on the supplemental frame 180 andused in connection with the snapping rollers asjust described. Thishowever, would make it necessaryto mount an engine on the machine andoperate the ensilage cutter by engine power. But as there is no powerwasted on feeding rollers in the ensilage cutter as we have justdescribed, and as there is no power wasted in jamming the stalks againsta flat cutting bar as is the case in the'ordinary ensilage cutters, andas three or four feet of stalks can be cut for every turn 'of thecylinders and as the required speed of the ensilage cutter isconsequently reduced, it will therefore become more practical to employan ensilage cutter of this type in a harvester which is run and operatedexclusively by horse power, and

even if this combination harvester be operated exclusively by enginepower as a combinationfharvester-tractor, the ensilage cutter as justdescribed may be used to good advantage in such a machine.

We shall next describe the so called shocker attachment, which is shownonly in Fig. 1

and Fig. 2. A relatively large binder head is secured to a supplementalframe 218, which is secured, with freedom for adjustment, to a support219, which is secured to main frame 1 of the machine. Said hinder headis of well known and ap roved construction; but is larger then the inderhead already described, and is preferably mounted" up-side-down with thecorresponding parts of the said bindin attachments rearranged so thatthe need e 220 and tripper 2211etc., of the latter binding attachmentaremounted above their binding mechanism 222 instead of underneath as isthe casein the said: first binding head attachment. Furthermore ekecasti 223 which forms the framewor of the said latter binding headattachment, is mounted on the rear portion of the machine, witlrtwo yokearms rojecting forwardly, as best shown in ig. 1.

Binding headwheels'222 are similar to the ordinary binding head wheelswhich cooperate with, and run the knotter, twine holder, and other suchwell knowntying masses mechanism, with the exception that the kickers orarms ordinarily employed to kick out the bundles, may as well bedispensed with. Said wheels 222 are secured to the front end of a shaft224 which runs through the lower yoke sleeve of the yoke casting 223,andicarries on its; rear end a sprocket 225, which has well known andapproved means for running the several mechanisms of the said secondbinding mechanism. Sprocket 225 carries a sprocket chain 226 which runsin its inward loop over sprocket 227 which is secured to sprocket 152.

Said second binding head attachment receives sheaves from the saidfirst" binding head attachment, and is designed to tie the receivedsheaves or bundles into a larger bundle or shock. Y

Shocker sleeve 228 is carried by sleeve supports or cranes 229 and 230.Sleeve Said shocker sleeve 228* may be secured to said shocker sleevecranes 229 and 230, by bolts or otherwise and with freedom foradjustment. Shaft 231 runs through the said shocker sleeve 228 and isjournaled in suitable bearings which are secured to said shocker sleeve.A shaft or tube 232 is journaled, near its central portion, in suitablebearings which are secured to the outer end of said shocker shaft 231 insuch a way as toihave its two arms perpendicular to, or at right angleswith said shocker shaft, and in such a way as to permit the properadjustments of relations between said shaft 231 and said tube 232. Anumber of downwardly projecting and inwardly curved arms %3 are rigidlysecured, by bolts or otherwise, at suitable points, to the said tube232. See Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. A short finger 234 is secured to tube 232 insuch a:

Way as to be perpendicular to tube 232 and in such a way as to permitproper adjustment .of' its relation to tube 232. A roller 235 issuitably journaled to the outer end of said finger 234. A casting 236 isrigidly secured to the outer end of shocker sleeve 228, and is soconstructed as to form a semicircular track support on which the roller235 travels, when shocker shaft 231 is rocked. Furthermore, the frontand forwardly projecting portion of the said semicircular track, dropsback towards said shocker sleeve 228 in such a way as to allow finger234 with its attached roller 23510 close up to said shocker shaft 231when said finger 234 is swung forwardly, and when the front end of tube232, with its shocker arms 233, is swung by its attached shocker shaft231, to the ground.

A lever arm 237 is attached, at one end, to the inner end of the saidshocker shaft 231. The other end of said lever arm 237 is pivotallyattached to the upper end of a guide rod 238, which is pivotallysecured, at its lower end to a foot lever 239. Foot lever 239 is of wellknown and approved construction being similar to those now em ployed inswinging the bundle carriers of the ordinary harvesters.

The movement and operation of the machine will then be as follows Allthe running parts of the machine may be driven from the bull wheel 3,when the platform is drawn out andwhen the machine is adapted to theharvesting of wheat,-oats, and the like, and. from both the bull wheelswhen the platform is telescoped with the main frame and when the machineis adapted to the harvesting, of

corn and the like, as already described.

When the machine is adapted to the harvesting of corn, the platform isdrawn inwardly and telescoped with the main frame by means of thegearing mechanism already described, the regular corn harvestinggathering chains are applied to sprocket 93 and over idlers 95 and 96and to sprocket 130 and over idlers 13.2 and 133 as described, platformchains 122, are shortened and drive chain 44 is .a plied as shown inFig. 3, and a short sic e is inserted and connected z-to pitman rod 138.If it be then desired to chop the stalks for ensilage purposes and atthe same time separate the ears from the stalks and drop the ears on tothe ground in bushel piles, the so-called combination ensilage cutter,snapper and buncher attachment is applied, as well as ensilage elevator172 as shown in Fig.7, Fig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 10, Fig. 11 and Fig. 12. Asthe machine is then drawn forward, the

standing stalks are directed by gathering.

chains 94 and 131 rearwardly until they are severed from the ground bythe said short sickle mechanism whereupon the severed stalks drop ontoshort platform chains 122 and are delivered to elevator packer chains117. Elevator 117 then delivers the stalks sidewise onto elevatorplatform 182 of the ensilage cutter and snapper. Feed chains 186, whichride in grooves 188 and which run parallel to the path of movement ofthe machine then direct the received stalks butt ends first into directengagement with the snapping rollers, which continueto move the stalksforwardly with their butt ends first into direct engagement withensilage cutter cylinders which are provided with cutting blades 199,and which cut the stalks into small particles by means of the shearingof the said cutter blades as the said cylinders are rotated. But indoing so said snapping exhibited. in

rollers and shaft 181, onto chute board 208 which directs them intohopper 209. As the ears are accumulated in hopper 209, they will pressdownwardly on fans 211 as a result of their weight causing themto rotateperiodically allowing the ears to drop out in bunches on to the ground.As the corn stalks are cut by means of said cylinder cutters the cutparticles drop from said cutting mechanism and are directed by chute 200on to endless conveyor 166 of the elevator 172. The cut particles ofstalk are then carried by elevator belt 166 outwardl and dropped intothe box 0 a wagon drawn alongside of the machine.

By drawing out the platform by means'of aring mechanism as shown in ig.4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, by removing the gathering chains 94: and 131, bapplying a sickle bar wlth attached guar s, by substituting the lon.grain sickle 139 for the short corn sta sickle, b applying reelmechanism as ig. 2 and b using the last noted ensilage cutter mec anismthe machlne may be used to cut alfalfa and like forage for ensilagepurposes. As the machine is then drawn forward the standing alfalfa willthen be severed by means of said sickle mechanism and directed on toplatform conveyor chains 122 b means of said reel mechanism. The cut a1alfa isthen carried by platform conveyor chains 122 and delivered toelevator packerchains 117 and carried by said elevator packer chains 11?and delivered to the said. ensilage cutter mechanism and cut into smallparticles, in which event the snapping rollers 204: may as well bedispensed with. The cut particles of alfalfa and like forage are thendelivered from the machine in the same manner as the cut particles ofcorn stalks already described.

If it be desired to bind the alfalfa, grain or corn stalks into bundlesthe said ensilage cutter attachments may be replaced by a bindingattachment which is mounted on frame supports 81 and 83 so as to slideback and forth on angleirons 84 and 82. Said binding mechanism receivesfrom said ele-' vator packer chains 117, and consequently may be usedwhen the machine is telescoped and adapted to the harvesting of corn orthe like, or when the platform is drawn outas when the machine isadapted to the harvesting of wheat, oats, alfalfa or the like. A butterapron as shown in Fi 2 is of courm used in this connection. hether themachine is adapted to the harvesting of corn or to the harvesting ofgrain the elevator finger packer chains 117 deliver and pack thereceived stalks or grain into the bundle as formed and tied by saidbinding mechanism.

and upwardly The bundles are made square and even at their butts bymeans of said butter mechanism. And the said binding mechanism is drivenby means of drive chain 151.

. Of course elevator 172 may receive directly from elevator packerchains 117 when said binding mechanism and ensilage cutter attachmentsare removed, in which case the machine may be used as a header harvestgrain, or as a corn harvester, elevating loose stalks directly into awagon driven alongside the machine. Or again if a bindinglattachment asexhibited in Fig. 2, be shg tly raised on its outer side, said elevator172 ma receive from said binding attachment an convey the receivedbundles from said bindin attachment into a wagon driven alongslde of themachine.

But if it be desired to shock the corn, alfalfa or rain instead ofelevating it into the rack o? a wagon as just described, said elevator172 may as well be removed and a second binder and shocker attachment,as exhibited in Fig. 2 may be substituted therefor. Said second bindingattachment then receives from said first binding attachment, and is sodesigned as to bind the received stalks or bundles into a larger bundleor shock. As the cut stalks pass under sprin fingers 177 and areelevated, delivered an packed into bundles by means of finger ackerchains 117, and bound and tied into undles by means of the said firstbinding attachment, they then ass between shocker shaft 228 and theplatorm of said first and second binding attachments and are dro ped andpacked on to the fingers 233 o the shocker attachment. When there aresufiicient bundles or stalks accumulated in said shocker attachment toraise tripper 221, said second binding attachment then ties the receivedstalks 1nto a larger bundle or shockwhich is then ready to be dischargedon to the ground. The driver then releases foot lever 239 whereuponshocker shaft 231 turns, allowing the front end of shocker tube 232 withits attached shocker fin ers 233 to drop, and the rear end of said socker tube 232 with its attached shocker fingers 233 to rise. As theshock lies with its greatest weight on the front shocker fingers 233,said shocker tube 232 with attached shocker fingers 233 drops to theground automatically allowin the shock to be discharged with its buttend first on to the ground, as the machine is drawn forward. As this isbeing done, roller 235 rolls forwardly on its semicircular track casting236. But as soon as shocker tube 232 has swung far enou h to beerpendicular to the ground and t e shock 1s in its upright or verticalposition, roller 235 drops into the recess provided for such action incasting 236, in such a manner as to release shocker fingers 233 andallow them to swing outwardly. As the said'shocker finmamas positlon forthe next shock. If the tripper and twine of the first bindin attachmentbe I removed, the said second bin in attachment will tie the receivedstalks into a arge bundle or shock. But if the tripper and twine beremoved from the second binding attachment instead of the said firstbinding head attachment, the said shocker may still be used but the togof the resulting shock will of course not e tied.

1. A harvesting machine having in-combination a frame adapted to supportgrain binding and ensilage cutting devices, a grain platform mountedthereon, cutting means on said platform, an elevating means adjacentsaid latform to receive the cut material there rom, and adapted todeliver either to a binding or an ensilage cutting device.

2. A harvester having 1n combination, a frame adapted to support grainbinding and ensilage cutting devices, a grain platform mounted thereon,cutting means on the latform, means for telescoping said lat ormelevating means adjacent said plat orm an receiving the cut materialtherefrom, and

adapted to deliver to either a binding or an ensi age cutting device.

3. A harvester having in combination a frame adapted to support grainbinding and ensilage cutting devices, a grain platform mounted thereon,means on said platform for cuttin stalks of grain, means on said latformor feeding said stalks butt ends st, means for snappin ears from saidstalks, elevatin means a jacent said platform and receivmg the stalkstherefrom and adapted to deliver the same to either a binding orensilage cutting device.

4. In a harvesting machine having a frame adapted to support a bindin orensilage cutting mechanism, the com ination of a driving mechanism,means for connecting said driving mechanism to either the binding orensilage cutting mechanism, and a feeding means adapted to deliver toeither a binding or ensilage cutting mechanism.

5. Ina harvester, the-combination with cutting means and a flexiblelatform, said platform comprising relative fixed and movable sections ofgathering oards on the relatively fixed and movable sections of saidplatform, said gathering boards being movable toward or from each otherwhen said platform is extended or contracted, and stalk conveyorsoperatively associated with said gathering boards when said platform iscon tracted.

menses with a primary stalk cutter, of means for removing the cars fromthe stalk, an ensilage cutter, and means for delivering the stalks buttends first from said primary to said ensilage cutter. 1

7 In a corn harvester the combination with a primary stalk cutter, ofmeans for removing the ears from the stalk, an ensilage cutter, andmeans for delivering the stalks butt ends first from said primary tosaid ensilage cutter, and means for delivering cars from the machine andfor maintaining separation thereof from the stalks.

8. In a corn harvester, the combination with a primary stalk cutter, ofan ensilage 353 ANDREAN' G. RUNNING. ADOLPH RUNNING.

- Witnesses:

LEONARD H. Jaconeon, A. G. Snoennn.

